But now the government is turning its prosecutorial power toward pillars of the legal profession, first with regard to a Mayer Brown partner who performed work for Refco and more recently with regard to Ben Kuehne, who has long been one of the most-admired lawyers in the Miami legal community. Ellen Podgor analyzes the implications of the Kuehne indictment and Ashby Jones adds more context here.

So, after much of the legal profession has stood by for years while prosecutors trampled the rule of law in criminalizing unpopular business executives, where does the profession now "hide [with] the laws all being flat?." Will the profession be able to stand upright in the winds of prosecutorial abuse that are blowing now? Stay tuned.